Note 102 — Chapter I · (continued 2)
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The data and calculations exhibited above, being the basis upon which I have reduced the itinerary map and used it for the general map, it is superfluous here to explain more at length the necessary differences between the two; but I have considered it equally my duty to give the first without modification, that is to say constructed solely upon the estimate of the journeys. I shall here give the general result of M. Caillié’s days’ journeys, which, as a whole, deserve attention for their continuity and extent.
JOURNEYS Number of days of actual travel. Number of hours of travel. Estimated number of English miles. Number of hours journey daily. Estimated number of English miles. Number of geographical miles.
per hour. per day. per hour. per day.
From Kakondy to Timé 48 176½ 529¼ 3,7 3 11,0 2,14 9,43
„ Timé to Galia 62 148 444 2,4 3 7,2 2,14 6,17
„ Galia to Timbuctoo by water 26 262 524 10 2 20 1,43 17,2
„ Timbuctoo to Fez 67 630 1260 9,3 2 18,8 1,43 16,1
„ Fez to Arbate 4 45 90 11,2 2 22,5 1,43 19,3
Totals 207 1261½ 2849¼ „ „ „ „ „
Progress of caravans heavily laden, by the hour in geographical miles: from 1⁹⁄₂₀ to 1½
„ moderately laden, by the hour in ditto. .from 2 to ³⁄₂₀